Ayakamay

Ayakamay

40 (1985-01-01)
Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Ayakamay, born Ayaka May Komatsu, is a Japanese/American visual artist, performance artist, photographer and actress. Exploring the interrelationship between photography and performance, the work of AYAKAMAY combines image-making with fantastically constructed but intimate live experiences.

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Asian Dreamers 2015

A mysterious woman in kimono, who offers strangers cleaning ear, Mimikaki has attracted people on the street in New York. She is a performing artist, Ayaka May Komatsu, a Japanese American, known by artist name, Ayakamay. Using culture gaps that she experienced in Japan and the United States, the performances she creates intent to make people free from stereotypes and bias. Her unconventional style has gotten attention from not only the United States but also Europe recently.
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We Are All Angels 2018

... is an unconventional documentary about humans and what they are thinking about today. The setting is New York City, where 99 strangers contemplate where we are as a society and where we are heading.